7.30am - 8.00am            Registration, Arrival Tea & Coffee and Exhibition Open

​8.00am - 8.30am ​ Southern Cross Health Society’s View of Private ORL
                                   Dr Stephen Child, Chief Medical Officer, Southern Cross Health Society, NZ
                                   Dr Tom Kuruvilla, Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, Christchurch, NZ

8.30am - 9.15am    Cochlear Implant Update for ENT Surgeons
                                Clinical Professor Catherine Birman, Medical Director NextSense Cochlear Implant Program,
​                                  (Staff Specialist CHW over 25 years), Sydney, Australia

9.15am - 10.00am    Lessons Learned in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
                                  Professor S. Mark Taylor, Professor and Head, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dalhousie University, Canada

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10.00am - 10.30am            Morning Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays

10.30am - 10.50am  Paediatric Septoplasty
                                  Dr Sam Greig, Otorhinolaryngologist, Christchurch Hospital, NZ

10.50am - 11.00am Free Paper Presentation
                                 Intralesional Bleomycin Sclerotherapy Use for Lymphatic Malformation – The Starship Experience
                                 Dr Matthew Stretton, RACS-ORLHNS, New Zealand

11.00am - 11.15am   Management of the Atalectatic Ear
                                 Dr Tanja Jelicic, ORL Consultant, Starship Child Health, Auckland, NZ

11.15am - 11.25am   Free Paper Presentation
                                 Intracapsular Coblation Tonsillectomy – Starship Hospital Experience So Far
                                 Michael Zang, Registrar, Starship Child Health, New Zealand                            

11.25am - 11.40am  Paediatric Sinus Surgery
                                Dr Ray Kim, Rhinologist, Starship Child Health & Auckland City Hospital, NZ

11.40am - 11.50am  Free Paper Presentation
                                Neonatal Rhinitis
                                Silvia Marinone Lares, Paediatric ORL Fellow, Starship Child Health, New Zealand

11.50pm - 12.00pm  Free Paper Presentation
                                     Peritonsillar Infection in Christchurch – Epidemiology and Microbiology Trends
                                  Callum Davidson, Non-Training Registrar, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand

12.00pm - 12.10pm  Free Paper Presentation
                                 Cochlear Implantation for Post-Meningitic Deafness in New Zealand Children – A 20-Year Retrospective Review
                                 Dr Ben Thomson, Registrar, Northland Hospital, New Zealand

12.10pm - 12.30pm Approach to Pain in the Paediatric Patient
                                 Jordan Wood

12.30pm - 1.30pm            Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Poster Presentations

​1.30pm - 1.50pm    Learning in Workplaces
                                Professor Tim Wilkinson, Acting Dean, Otago Medical School, NZ

1.50pm - 2.00pm   Free Paper Presentation
                                Cracking that Learning Curve - The First Year of Endoscopic Ear Surgery
                                Dr Alice Stringer, Surgeon, Wellington Regional Hospital, New Zealand

2.00pm - 2.15pm    Fellowship Examination
                                   Associate Professor Phil Bird, University of Otago, NZ

2.15pm - 2.25pm    Free Paper Presentation
                                Multi-Disciplinary Simulation for an Airway Crisis
                                Dr Thomas Brown, Anaesthetic Fellow, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand

2.25pm - 2.40pm  TEAC Training and Selection Update
                                   Dr Angela Butler, Otolaryngologist/Head and Neck Surgeon, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, NZ

2.40pm - 3.00pm  Panel Discussion

3.00pm - 3.30pm  Registrar Prizes, Conference Close